Watch for the Light: Readings for Advent and Christmas

by Dietrich Bonhoeffer, John Donne, and C. S. Lewis

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This collection, born of obvious passion and graced with superb writing, is a welcome even necessary addition to the glutted holiday bookshelves. -- Publishers Weekly (starred review)

Though Christians the world over make yearly preparations for Lent, there's a conspicuous lack of good books for that other great spiritual season: Advent. All the same, this four-week period leading up to Christmas is making a comeback as growing numbers reject shopping-mall frenzy and examine the deeper meaning of the season.

Ecumenical in scope, these fifty devotions invite the reader to contemplate the great themes of Christmas and the significance that...

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  • ISBN13 9780874869170
  • Publish Date 22 September 2014 (first published 9 September 2004)
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 25 October 2009
  • Publish Country US
  • Imprint Plough Publishing House
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 344
  • Language English